The May 12 Cartoon Caption Winner!

The winner:"Until the City conducts a RAID on crime, our picnic will continue!"

-- Laura Thompson of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"I'm hoping the new police chief has a small shoe!"

-- Brent Sheppard, Morganton"This is a lot like an election. The money follows the tracking that follows the biggest loudmouth!"

-- Lee Baber, Charlotte"Relax! Unless the Mecklenburg D.A. is moonlighting with Orkin, we'll never do time for this!"

-- Tom Johnson, Charlotte

"Hup, two three four, ain't enough cops so steal some more!"

-- Joe Marshall, Charlotte

Thank you for all your entries. As usual, feel free to discuss any of this in our "Comments" section. Just click the blue link below this post and add your observations, criticisms or additional captions!

Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received this week:

"No voice, no direction, no money. Got these from a school board member's car."

"Grass roots campaigning at it’s finest!"

"We're a bunch of scrap metal thieving miscreants."

"The little one stopped to shoot his gun, and we all go marching down, to the jail, to get out, once again. Boom, boom, boom."

"Don't worry. If they catch you, they only slap you on the mandible and let you go."

"Quit complaining, Ralph. That’s an American wallet. How heavy can it be nowadays?"

"There are still a few bugs in Charlotte's crime-fighting system!"

Please join us again Monday, May 19, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Hi Carolyn and Kenneth, and thanks for your nice comments. I thoroughly enjoy this contest, and a big part of the fun is the great people I've 'met' while here. Kevin, a big thanks to you for selecting my caption this week. I'm looking forward to more fun...as always!!!